Junior Devops Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assist with the engineering, configuration, operation and maintenance of secure and scalable internet/intranet hardware and software infrastructure that serve eCommerce, CMS and other Enterprise Scale applications
• Document installation and configuration standards of applications and software packages implemented in team’s Knowledge Base.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues affecting the hardware and software infrastructure.
• Develop and perform automated controlled deployments of digital assets between development, quality assurance and production environments.
• Tune web and application server performance in conjunction with Application Performance Management.
• Plan and complete projects based on high-level requirements with minimal guidance.
• Perform activities in support of a 24x7 global support model for production environments.
• Incidental Functions
• Monitor servers, applications, integrations and websites.
• Assist with disaster mitigation & recovery implementation.
• Assist with various projects as may be required to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the work.
• Participate in hiring activities and fulfilling affirmative action obligations and ensuring compliance with the equal employment opportunity policy.
• Attend meetings with software developers and business users.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in related field or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years IT experience
• 1+ year experience with Application Servers or similar installation and performance tuning.
• 1+ year working with web-based architecture and concepts including SSL, Domains, DNS Content delivery networks.
• 1+ year experience with automation and deployment tools
• (Ruby, Puppet, Chef, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• 1+ year experience building cloud solutions for application implementation.
• 1+ year hands on experience working with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Understand concepts of security related tooling (Web Application Firewall, SAST, DAST).
• Working knowledge of Apache based Webserver, or Nginx.
• Understanding of DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing and network concepts.
• Understanding and familiarity with Linux or *nix operating systems.
• Experience with task automation via scripting.
• Enterprise Content Management System experience.
• AWS or other cloud experience
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code approaches to infrastructure management
• Understanding of Container security, management, implementation, and orchestration in a cloud environment
• Ability to drive innovation across the team and department.
• Application Performance Management (Dynatrace or similar).
• Good knowledge of LDAP concepts and experience working with a LDAP Directory.
• Experience with Agile development and release practices.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Exceptional ability and initiative to learn and research new concepts, ideas, and technologies quickly.
• Excellent systems/process orientation with demonstrated analytical thinking, organization skills and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to quickly pick up new tools and technologies.
• Strong ability to train and teach others.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and follow up with resulting action items.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment, and to lead and influence cross-organizationally with and without direct authority.
• Exceptional ability to effectively move forward on tasks even with ambiguous or changing requirements